Brian Kerr, Baron Kerr of Tonaghmore

The Right Honourable The Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore PC
Kerr in 2016
Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
In office 1 October 2009 – 30 September 2020
Nominated by	Jack Straw
Appointed by	Elizabeth II
Preceded by	Position created
Succeeded by	The Lord Stephens of Creevyloughgare
Lord of Appeal in Ordinary
In office 1 July – 30 September 2009
Preceded by	The Lord Carswell
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland
In office 2004–2009
Nominated by	Tony Blair
Appointed by	Elizabeth II
Preceded by	Sir Robert Carswell
Succeeded by	Sir Declan Morgan
Personal details
Born	(1949-02-23)23 February 1949 Lurgan, County Armagh, Northern Ireland
Died	1 December 2020(2020-12-01) (aged 72)
Nationality	British, Irish
Spouse	Gillian Widdowson ​ (m. 1970)​
Children	2
Alma mater	Queen's University Belfast

Brian Francis Kerr, Baron Kerr of Tonaghmore, PC (/kɜːr/;^[1] 22 February 1948 – 1 December 2020), was a Northern Irish barrister and a senior judge. He held office as Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland and then as a justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. In 2009, he was the last person to receive a law life peerage under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876. At the time of his retirement on 30 September 2020, he was the longest-serving justice of the Supreme Court, and the court's last original member.